Amato Bread

I come here a few times a month and lately its been at least once a week. The bread is the best in Bergen County. My family keeps adding to my list of must buy for them every time I go. With our daughter home from college I have been here almost daily this past two weeks. You would think she hasn’t eaten since she left for college, she has been an eating machine! The eggplant cutlets, chicken cutlets and grilled chicken are all as good as my own. Once I tried them, I stopped making them myself. It used to take me hours to fry all those cutlets as my family would eat them as fast as I was making them! Now I just go to Amato’s and order a bunch to take home. The homemade mozzarella is FABULOUS! Very milky, creamy, soft and delicious. The best of any Italian deli within 50 miles. Other great options are their tuna salad, rice balls, broccoli rabe, roasted peppers, roasted marinated artichokes with the stem and the cannoli’s YUM…

I go for lunch once in awhile from work. They have great salads and sandwiches. Everything is generally good. Staff is nice and friendly as well.

I tried this place on several occasions and stopped going.
The sales staff can’t count to 12. As the cookie boxes are closed before being presented to you, you don’t know about this until you get home.
And don’t ask for anything by its Italian name, unless you like blank stares. (Zuppa Inglese, anyone?)
You’ll be better served at Sorrento in Lodi.

Without a doubt, far and away, the most tender, perfectly seasoned, still warm fresh mozzarella anywhere. It’s so fresh that it takes the shape of the to go container by them time you get it home. Their breaded eggplant is the correct thickness, again constantly fresh, delicious. Their bread is great! Multiple options, sausage bread, semolina, they make these little puff pastries with leeks and feta that are top notch. My kids can’t get enough of the rice balls and unless they start doing delivery it can’t get much better. Highly recommended.

Love the sandwiches– particularly the ones with eggplant in them (Cinfully Delicious and Fuggedaboutit). Subs are quite big– unless you have a big appetite, the rolls will be big enough.

Not many genuine local bakeries around anymore. This place has awesome bread and pastries.
CANNOLI, BABY!

I have only recently been introduced to Amato Bread and so far so good. Staff were patient while I looked over the sandwich menu and did not charge extra when I added to the sandwiches! Both were fresh, delicious and worth the trip. My second and third visits were equally worth it! Check this place out

Nothing to write home about… The service was ok, and the other than the pretentious smile, and custom salad, I wasn’t a big fan. I might have made a better salad with my eyes closed. Then again, I wasn’t necessarily someone that would have fit in to start off with. My colleague always gets sandwiches here, he likes them but not their service. Go figure.

Amato Bread is one of my favorite places anywhere ever. I don’t live in the area — actually a couple hundred miles away. But I pass through on the way to other parts east and several years ago stumbled across Amato. Since then I stop every time I possibly can.
Favorites:
— any of the sausage/​cheese breads. Oh my.
— the black and white cookies. My favorite anywhere — rich buttery cookie base with rich and intense vanilla and chocolate icing halves.
— lemon cookies — fresh and refreshing with yummy hard icing.
— the subs — we always get the same two, Mr. Betz (cold cuts) and Grant Me a Wish (thin slices of fried eggplant layered with prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, and drizzled with balsamic vinegar). Excellent sub rolls, fresh and chewy. The eggplant sub is, and I don’t say this lightly, among my most favorite sandwiches anywhere.
If I had to find one fault, and it is a minor one, the drink selection (especially diet) is a little slim. But I don’t care — stop here as many times a year as we can. Great family run place, deserves more Unilocal

I really like this place. The sandwiches and Italian cookies are delicious (my favorite sandwich is the Roofer’s Special). The business is family-​run, so there is a «homey» feel. They treat you nicely, and eveything is very fresh. I’ve heard customers conversing in Italian, which must mean it’s authentic!